JSRN Hosts the Third #JournoSafe FlashTalks focusing on journalism safety in the MENA region
On Wednesday 7 December 2022, the Journalism Safety Research Network (JSRN) hosted the third...
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UNESCO Chair Jackie Harrison discusses trends in media freedom and journalism safety at ‘Media Freedom and Impunity of Crimes Against Journalists’ Conference
On 3 December, 2022, UNESCO Chair on Media Freedom, Journalism Safety and the Issue of Impunity,...
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CFOM Researchers take part in symposium on Ending Impunity for Attacks on Journalists
CFOM researchers took part in the ‘Ending Impunity for Attacks on Journalists’ symposium, delivering one of the keynote talks addressing the role that CFOM and academia has played in the academic consultation on the tenth anniversary of the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity
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CFOM Researchers contribute to ground-breaking study on violence against women journalists published by the ICFJ
Last week The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and UNESCO published The Chilling: A global study of online violence against women journalists. The report which has been a collaboration with the Centre for Freedom of the Media (CFOM) is a groundbreaking global study that details the trends of online violence against women journalists alongside offering solutions to this problem.
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UN conference hears lawyer’s call for the Commonwealth to “give teeth” to protections for journalists at risk
Years of inaction by Commonwealth governments in response to violent assaults and excessive restraints on the work of independent media in the organisation’s 56 member states came under sharp scrutiny at a major United Nations conference in Vienna last Friday, 4 November, writes CFOM International Director William Horsley.
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